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Gregory Wayne Abbott (/ æ b ə t / ABB-ət; born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving since 2015 as the 48th governor of Texas.A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2002 to 2015 as the 50th attorney general of Texas and from 1996 to 2001 as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.
The 2026 Texas gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott is running for re-election to an unprecedented fourth term. [ 1 ]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ©Texas Governor's Office (The Center Square) – At his state of the state address Sunday in Austin, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott laid out his legislative priorities. They range ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ©Texas Governor's Office (The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect Texans from the coordinated harassment and coercion by the People ...
(The Center Square) – Ahead of the state legislature convening in January, Gov. Greg Abbott issued four executive orders to safeguard Texas from espionage threats posed by the People’s ...
On November 8, 2022, current governor Greg Abbott was re-elected and became the fifth Texas governor to serve three terms following Shivers, Daniel, Connally and Perry. In case of a vacancy in the office of governor, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. [ 11 ]
©Office of the Governor Greg Abbott / Facebook The “Stopping Foreign Adversaries’ Land Grabs,” SB 17, was filed by state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham, and state Sen. Brent Hagenbuch, R ...